I Love Kanji殖やす (fuyasu)
殖やす (ふやす, fuyasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to increase; to add to”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふやす
- Romaji
- fuyasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to increase; to add to; to augment · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 殖やす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 殖やす | ふやす fuyasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 殖やします | ふやします fuyashimasu |
| Negative | 殖やさない | ふやさない fuyasanai |
| Polite negative | 殖やしません | ふやしません fuyashimasen |
| Past | 殖やした | ふやした fuyashita |
| Polite past | 殖やしました | ふやしました fuyashimashita |
| Negative past | 殖やさなかった | ふやさなかった fuyasanakatta |
| Te-form | 殖やして | ふやして fuyashite |
| Potential | 殖やせる | ふやせる fuyaseru |
| Passive | 殖やされる | ふやされる fuyasareru |
| Causative | 殖やさせる | ふやさせる fuyasaseru |
| Volitional | 殖やそう | ふやそう fuyasou |
| Imperative | 殖やせ | ふやせ fuyase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 殖やせば | ふやせば fuyaseba |
Kanji in 殖やす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 殖やす.
Source: JMdict entry 1602880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.